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A. P. PATTERSON. SWATH'ING ATTACHMENT FOR BINDERS. No. 592,252.

. Patented Oct. 26,1897.

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ASHMORE P. PATTERSON, or YEADON, PENNSYLVANIA.

SWATHING ATTACHMENT FOR B INDERS SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 592,252, dated October 26, 1897. Application filed November13,1996. Serial No. 611,953. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ASHMORE P. PATTER- soN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residingat Yeadon, in the county of Delaware and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Swathing Attachment forBinders, of which the following is a specification. p

The purpose of this invention is to devise an attachment which can beapplied to a binder for swathing grain without necessitatingthe removalof the binding mechanism, thereby facilitating this work and lesseningthe labor of the operator, since the binding mechanism remainsundisturbed. In attachment-s of this character the binder is removed andthe swather attached directly to the-harvester, thereby requiringconsiderable time and labor in making the changes.

An important feature of the invention is the construction of a swathingattachment which can be quickly applied to or removed from the deck of abinder, and which-will be effective and thoroughly reliable for thepurpose designed, and which will insure the correct positioning of thegrain so it will lie parallel with the binder and have its headsextending toward and the butts facing away from the machine.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the inventionreference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the followingdescription.

The improvement is susceptable of various changes in the form,proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing fromthe principle or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and to afull disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of aportion Fig. 4 is 'a section Fig. 5 is a detail to in the followingdescription and indicated Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the in the.several views of the accompanying drawings by the samereference-characters.

The attachment comprises, essentially,th ree .partsa swather 1, aretarder 2, and a holder binder illustrated is of ordinary constructionand is shown for the sake of clearness in explaining the relation andoperation of the coordinate parts forming the attachment.

The swather l is attached to the delivery end of the binder-deck 4 anddeclines on a spiral plane, so as to deposit the grain in a swath in therequired position. This swather is secured to the binder-deck in suchmanner as to admit of its ready detachment when the binding mechanismisto be brought into service for binding the grain in bundles or gavels,

and, as shown, clips 5 are employed for this purpose.

The swather may be of anyform so long as it will attain the desired end,and, as shown, it is constructed of a stout wire or rod having its endportions bent, forming arms 6 and 7, and an intermediate connectingportion 8, the latter being held to the binder-deck by the clips 5. Thearms 6 and 7 are of unequal length, the rear arm 6 being the shorter,and

decline at an unequal pitch corresponding to the side elements of aspiral swath, whereby the grain is turned and deposited upon the groundin the required position.

I The retarder 2 is a spring-rod secured at its upper end to an arm 9,connected with the frame of the binder, and this retarder cooperateswith the swather so as to check the momentum of the head ends of thegrain while the butt ends are making the long sweep of the swath, so asto insure the grain being deposited parallel with the bindera'nd withtheheads toward the machine. 7 This retarder has aloop 10,formed at itsupper end, and a coil 11, adjacent to thelo'op, said coil 11 increasingthe resiliency of the retarder, which is essential in order to securethe advantages thereof. The loop 10 curves slightly in its length, and abolt 12 or like fastening passes through the loop and connects theretarder with the arm9. Upon loosening the bolt or fastening. 12 the,retarder can be turned to either the right or the left to bring itsactive end nearer to or farther away from the rear edge of the swather,and, if desired, the retarder can be moved longitudinally, therebyincreasing the tension or pressure of the retarder upon the grain as thelatter passes over the swather and beneath the active end of theretarder. The arm 9 has a series of openings 13, any one of which isadapted to receive the bolt 12, whereby provision is had for moving theretarder upon the arm toward or from the rear edge of the binder-deck.

After a swath has been cut and in order to prevent the team fromtrampling down the grain when turning the binder prior to recrossing thefield, the holder 3 is thrown into such a position as to prevent thegrain from leaving the binder-deck until the machine has been completelyturned and is in position for returning across the field. This holder isoperated from a convenient portion of the binder by means of a cord orchain 14, which is attached at its outer end to an arm 15 at one end ofthe rod comprising the holder. This holder consists of a rod secured tothe binder-deck, near the lower edge thereof, by .means of clips 16, insuch a manner as to adswather; but when turning the binder the 3 holderis operated so as to cause the retainer 17 to extend across the path ofthe grain and hold the latter in check until the binder has been turned,when the holder is released and the grain being liberated will glideover the swather and be deposited upon the ground in the mannerdescribed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In abinder, the combination with the binder-deck, of a swathing attachmentremovably secured to the lower end of the binder-deck, substantially inthe manner set forth.

In a binder, the combination with a swather, of a holder independent ofthe swather and secured to the binder-deck, and adapted to be turned toproject from the swather and across the path of the grain and hold thelatter in check, substantially in the manner and for the purposespecified.

3. In a binder, the combination with a swather, of a holder independentof the swather and comprising a rod secured to the binder-deck andhaving its end portions bent at right angles in the same direction, theone forming an operating-arm and the other a retainer to be projectedfrom the swather and across the path of the grain, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

4. In a binder, the combination with the binder-deck, and a swathersecured to the lower end of the binder-deck, of a retarder extendingover the deck, beyond it and over the swather and cooperating therewith,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. In a binder, the combination of aswather, a retarder consisting of arod having a longitudinally-curved loop at its upper end, and afastening operating through the loop to adjustably secure it to an armof the binder, I substantially as set forth.

(3. In a binder, the combination of a swather,

a retarder consisting of a spring-rod having a coil at its upper end anda longitudinallycurved loop, and means for longitudinally and laterallysecuring the retarder to an arm of the binder and passing through thesaid curved loop, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a hinder, the combination with the binder-deck, of a swathingattachment having a spiral declination and formed of a rod bentintermediate of its ends, forming a straight portion and curved arms,the latter being of unequal length and unequal curvature,andmeansapplied to the inner or straight portion of theswatherforattachingit directly to the binder-deck,substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own Ihave hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ASHMORE P. PATTERSON.

Witnesses:

J OHN II. Sroonns, V. B. IIILLYARD.

